Chapter 185: A Visitor from the Prefecture
When Guan saw him running away, she immediately chased after him, "Come back here, I haven't finished talking yet! You useless loser."
Under such circumstances, Ke Dasong and his two sons brought a flock of sheep to Dongmen Village as they did in previous years.
Su Chunlin prepared wine and food to entertain him, and told him about Ke Yunyun's situation and mentioned the government order.
"Brother-in-law, do you mean that we can't buy sheep next year?" Ke Dasong, his son and his two sons were all terrified.
Su Chunlin hurriedly shook his head, "That's not what I meant. I was telling you that you can raise fewer sheep next year. We still made money this year, and you can still sell all the sheep. But next year, it's hard to say."
Ke Dasong looked worried, "What should I do?"
Ke Zhengping sighed and comforted his father, "Dad, we have actually made a lot of money in the past three years. How can anyone keep getting rich? We now have land and a house in town, as well as a pasture, which is not bad.
We will raise fewer next year, and if the situation with my uncle improves in the future, we can raise more."
Su Chunlin nodded vigorously, "My nephew is really open-minded. I also planned this."
Because Ke Yunyun was not in Zhaohua County and the women of the Ke family did not come out with them, Ke Dasong and his two sons sold the sheep and drove them back.
When passing by Shenjiazhuang, Ke Dasong came over leading four sheep.
I also took the opportunity to tell Su Tai about my concerns.
Su Tai comforted him for a while, prepared a lot of bread, cakes, brown sugar and cotton clothes for them, and sent them out of the village.
After a busy day, it’s already the twelfth lunar month.
As soon as the twelfth lunar month began, Shen Yi's house became lively.
The Daxun River was frozen over, so the owner of the Jixiang Inn, Mr. Li, came to the inn in person in a carriage and brought generous gifts.
“Shopkeeper Li, what are you doing?” Shen Yi was confused.
Shopkeeper Li begged humbly, "Chen Yi! We are old friends, can you sell me some more greenhouse vegetables? I don't want much, just corn and tomatoes, okay?"
Shen Yi frowned, "Shopkeeper Li, it's not that I don't want to sell, but my wife is pregnant this year, and I'm busy with the Guokui business, so I didn't grow much at all."
"Oh my! What shall we do?" Shopkeeper Li looked worried and almost cried.
Shen Yi asked.
Shopkeeper Li had to say, "Do you know our Lizhou prefect Qin Song? He has a precious daughter. Miss Qin has a poor appetite since she was a child and is very difficult to raise, especially after winter. I heard that she only eats a fist-sized amount of food a day and she is very thin. Once, she had a chance to eat corn and tomatoes from your house and her appetite was greatly improved.
Lord and Madam Qin were overjoyed and sent people out to inquire. However, since the items were bought from a merchant who passed through the city, it was not easy to find that person. Now, they finally got some clues.
After asking around for a long time, he ended up at my inn. I had no choice but to bring him here. He's now in the carriage outside the door!"
Shen Yi's face changed drastically and he hurried out.
"I didn't know you were coming from afar, so I apologize for my inconvenience."
A small family like theirs cannot afford to offend the prefect.
"Master Shen is too polite. We are sorry for our sudden visit."
The carriage curtain was lifted, and a middle-aged man with a somewhat wealthy and shrewd appearance came down. "My name is Liu Ming, and I am the manager of the Qin Mansion."
"Manager Liu, please."
Shen Yi invited people into the house.
Liu Ming looked at the Shen family's house, then looked at the ground, and praised: "Master Shen is really a particular person. This house is elegant and elegant, clean and tidy, very good!"
Shen Yi felt embarrassed by the compliments and said modestly: "I did it all for my wife and children."
Liu Ming admired Shen Yi and praised him again before he told his intention.
Chen Yi hesitated and said, "Manager Liu has come from afar and is so pious. I will definitely meet your request, but there are not many greenhouse vegetables planted at home this year, so I can only prepare as much as possible for you."
Liu Ming immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Shen Yi, "Thank you!"
After Shen Yi poured brown sugar ginger tea for the two of them, he immediately ran to the backyard to find Su Tai.
Liu Ming took a sip of tea carefully, his eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said to Shopkeeper Li: "Master Shen is really talented, their sugar water is sweeter than outside."
Shopkeeper Li had no doubts, "That's right! The brown sugar sold by Master Shen last year was also of excellent quality, even cleaner than the ones sold outside. It's a pity that he didn't get much, and I couldn't bear to sell it out."
"Oh? Master Shen also has a source for purchasing brown sugar?" Liu Ming was very surprised.
Shopkeeper Li nodded, "Master Shen's family sells Guokui, and the sweet Guokui must use brown sugar, so he must have some connections."
Liu Ming seemed to be thinking about something, and then he said quietly, "Do you think it would be unreasonable for me to ask him to buy some brown sugar?"
"That shouldn't be the case! Master Shen is a very honest person. If he can sell it, he will definitely not hide it. If he can't sell it, he will explain it clearly. We have known each other for so many years, and I can still vouch for his character." Shopkeeper Li's words were full of protection and affirmation for Shen Yi.
Liu Ming also had some different thoughts in his mind.
About a quarter of an hour later, Shen Yi came out from the backyard again with a basket of corn in his hand.
Seeing the corn, Liu Ming jumped up from the stool excitedly, "Yes, that's right! This is it! My lady wanted this, I didn't expect Master Shen to be so amazing, I admire him!"
Shen Yi scratched his head embarrassedly, "Here are corns, Liu Guan, check them in advance, and there are tomatoes, I will pick them now."
Liu Ming was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.
After a while, Shen Yi brought out another basket of tomatoes.
Liu Ming thought that was about it, but he didn't expect there was a third basket, which contained some cabbage, white radish, cauliflower, and a few handfuls of green vegetables.
Shen Yi panted and said, "Manager Liu, I have picked all the vegetables that can be picked in my greenhouse for you. I don't know if the rest can grow anymore."
Liu Ming thanked him solemnly, without doubting Shen Yi's words. After all, these vegetables were of many varieties and varied, and it was obvious that they were planted randomly in the vegetable garden.
After the servants loaded the vegetables onto the cart, Liu Ming quickly took out twenty taels of silver and gave it to Shen Yi, "I know it's hard to get vegetables in greenhouses in winter, but I don't know if this much money is enough? If not, I'll make up for it."
Chen Yi hurriedly said, "That's enough, that's enough. Manager Liu gave you too much. Please wait, I'll go back to the house and change the money for you."
“No, no.” Liu Ming stopped Shen Yi and said sincerely, “These vegetables may be just precious greenhouse vegetables for Master Shen, but they are life-saving things for our young lady. You deserve twenty taels of silver.
If Master Shen has other good things, I would like to buy some more."
Shen Yi subconsciously looked at Shopkeeper Li.
Shopkeeper Li mouthed, "Brown sugar!"
Shen Yi suddenly realized and said, "I don't have much good stuff here, just some food that is not common outside, like brown sugar and white sugar."
"White sugar? What is white sugar?" Liu Ming was very interested.
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